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... names on the bowl grid for prizes, and Marla's name was called for the final game prize! She won a very cool beach chair and a $25 dinner certificate. Luckily, we stayed in Navarre one more day so we used our gift certificate for lunch the next day.

It's time to start driving west, so we made our way to Baton Rouge, LA, where we spent a couple nights. Another rainy day meant we went to the Mall of Louisiana where Marla shopped ...

... extremely spicy but were all very good. For our entrées we ordered the NY Strip steak for myself, Chicken Vindaloo/Butter Chicken for Courtney and Tandoori Chicken for Nancy, dessert consisted of a trio of samples for Courtney and I...chocolate mouse cake, banana mousse tart and a pumpkin chai ice cream concoction. Nancy ordered the banana mousse tart to take back to the hotel for later enjoyment. This meal was very good, although Nancy wasn't as ...

... of glass. The pictures don't quite do it justice. Thursday was a quiet, cold, cloudy day that ended with a great supper at Crabby Bills. We had lovely oysters and a great sea food bucket! Today, Friday, the sun came out and it got warm. We tried flying kites but the wind was too shallow. Hoping for better luck on the Keys. Next stop - the ...

... about some of the birds, reptiles and other animals. Those enclosures helped to make the park feel a bit dated. Also the majority of customers seemed pretty dated themselves, and the first roller coaster we went on was out of the dark ages - impressive wooden structure but genuinely scary to be hurtling along in a wheelbarrow on steroids. There were a lot of water rides which, on a cool ...

... We are only having to leave a little bit behind, which is far better than what we originally anticipated. Shameless plug: ZiplocŪ Space BagsŪ are sheer magic for storage. Our entire closet fits in something like 5 bags.

Our next post will be coming to you LIVE from Moss Point, Mississippi, where we will be enjoying our first 8 hours on the road and a solid meal from Ruby Tuesday.